Some folks might already be fully familiar with the process of URL shortening, providing a shorter and sometimes more memorable URL that is easier for someone to type out or include in an email or other short message. This appends one of the two following parameters to the tracking link: url_id random_url When the url_id parameter is added to the tracking link, the numerical ID value references the ID of an additional offer URL in the offer that the affiliate can redirect traffic to: If there is more than one offer URL added in the offer, there will also be an option to select a random URL from the list. Make sure your Google Analytics settings allow E-commerce data All done. Understand who my readers are, which books are getting clicks and purchases and which marketing channel is working best. Some shortening services, such as goo.gl, tinyurl.com, and bit.ly can generate URLs that are human-readable, although the resulting strings are longer than those generated by a length-optimized service. This will bring up: A) All linking root domains that are pointing to your PDF B) The page they are linking from C) The domain authority of their site.
Additional information See the copy, hyperlink, paste, and URL definitions for further information.Most of us have probably at least a few times seen some short but odd looking URLs that start with one of the following: Sometimes one of these URLs will be followed by what seems like a random set of characters. Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. TinyURL was used by early bloggers before many of these other services were around. You could create a complex UTM code structure for a link but then shorten it via Bitly and use the link on a piece of direct mail. This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. First off, I have to say that it’s best to leave service optimization up to Microsoft.
This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page. Publish one custom branded short link on my business card, then keep the destination URL updated so that people are always taken to my latest blog post when they visit.
Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search. Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse. For detailed information about flows for various types of applications, see Google's OAuth 2.
Use alternate extensions "hacks": Many country code extensions can be used to help form your company name by using the characters before and after the dot to form a shortened for similar sounding version of your name. It's only one of the most popular social media management tools currently out there! Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 15 May 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, May 15, 2011 Thanks. Alternate and Custom Domains Do you love our service, but hate our domain name? For example, .in, the TLD for India, is good for names ending in the "en" or "in" sound. .es, Spain's TLD, is good for plural names ending in "-es". View Click Results in Report Overview The report Overview gives you a broad summary of how well a campaign performed. How do you view your shortened links in HootSuite? Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. You can copy the resulting bit.ly link and use it in your tweets, in your e-mail, or even on your website. After you have an API key, your application can append the query parameter key=yourAPIKey to all request URLs.